Comments on: Plane Hits SUV: Video Captures Small Plane Hitting SUV In Texashttp://www.inquisitr.com/387789/plane-hits-suv-video-roanoke-texas-2012/
Fri, 09 Dec 2016 08:20:52 +0000hourly1By: Koen Vermeirhttp://www.inquisitr.com/387789/plane-hits-suv-video-roanoke-texas-2012/#comment-377408
Thu, 08 Nov 2012 12:51:52 +0000http://www.inquisitr.com/?p=387789#comment-377408fully agree Chuck. C172 was also low on approach and in my opinion low on speed. never say never, but in my opinion definitely a pilot's (or FI error who teached the guy) error
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Wed, 07 Nov 2012 04:22:58 +0000http://www.inquisitr.com/?p=387789#comment-376401As a private pilot, I noticed something very telling in this video. The pilot in the video is landing on Runway 17 at Northwest Regional Airport. Runway 17 has a 400 foot displaced threshold according to the South Central Airport/Facilities Directory from the FAA. This means that the first available landing touchdown spot is at least 400 feet AWAY from the road. For those of you who do not know what a displaced threshold is, it is an area of the runway that can be used for taxi, takeoff, and landing ROLLOUT, but NOT for landing touchdown. The Aeronautical Information Manual from the FAA states:

“A displaced threshold is a threshold located at a point on the runway other than the designated beginning of the runway. Displacement of a threshold reduces the length of runway available for landings. The portion of runway behind a displaced threshold is available for takeoffs in either direction and landings from the opposite direction.”.

This is usually because of obstacles near the end of the runway (i.e. a roadway and traffic). In other words, there is already a safeguard in place at this airport to keep this type of incident from happening. If a pilot chooses to ignore this safeguard, then it is not the fault of the airport’s design!

If you watch the approach of the aircraft, the pilot is very low and would be touching down WELL BEFORE the displaced threshold. Even if the SUV had not been a factor, the pilot is landing the aircraft in an area of the runway NOT MEANT FOR LANDING TOUCHDOWN. He should have been landing at least 400 feet further up the runway. Had the pilot been aiming for a touchdown past the displaced threshold, he would have had plenty of altitude to miss the car passing below him. When the NTSB publishes the findings in this incident, I would predict that there is a 99% chance that given the video evidence they will say that the pilot failed to maintain a proper altitude and landing aim point by attempting to land before the displaced threshold.

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Tue, 06 Nov 2012 05:18:57 +0000http://www.inquisitr.com/?p=387789#comment-375212please, ive seen stunt planes come down low almost stall and pull up quick. the pilot is a beginner-dosent know what hes doing.
]]>By: Rick Martellohttp://www.inquisitr.com/387789/plane-hits-suv-video-roanoke-texas-2012/#comment-375190
Tue, 06 Nov 2012 04:49:11 +0000http://www.inquisitr.com/?p=387789#comment-375190who put stop on a private road.
]]>By: Rick Martellohttp://www.inquisitr.com/387789/plane-hits-suv-video-roanoke-texas-2012/#comment-375182
Tue, 06 Nov 2012 04:40:27 +0000http://www.inquisitr.com/?p=387789#comment-375182why are the public driving on a private road.
]]>By: Tor Noraashttp://www.inquisitr.com/387789/plane-hits-suv-video-roanoke-texas-2012/#comment-375148
Tue, 06 Nov 2012 03:40:22 +0000http://www.inquisitr.com/?p=387789#comment-375148I don't know if you are a pilot, but my experience is that it takes several seconds to get the plane climbing when it is in landing configuration. Here it is clear that there was not enough time for the plane to climb out and over the SUV from the time the SUV turned onto the road.
]]>By: Phil Poolhttp://www.inquisitr.com/387789/plane-hits-suv-video-roanoke-texas-2012/#comment-384856
Tue, 06 Nov 2012 03:40:08 +0000http://www.inquisitr.com/?p=387789#comment-384856Sorry Bob Wilson, I saw the 'Bob' and thought you were one in the same…. If he'd been licensed and had about 50 hrs., he probably would have seen the SUV way before it happened. There should be a regular stop sign, but my guess is that at that location, the FAA probably wouldn't anything sticking up 7'-8' that an aircraft could clip. Bad road placement. Don't know whether the road or the airstrip existed first….

If there's a runway parallel to a street, the hangars should be on the same side as the road and therefore, there'd never be a road leading across the runway to get to the hangars on the other side of the runway. Poor planning…..

]]>By: Bob Wilsonhttp://www.inquisitr.com/387789/plane-hits-suv-video-roanoke-texas-2012/#comment-384855
Tue, 06 Nov 2012 01:33:01 +0000http://www.inquisitr.com/?p=387789#comment-384855bobbydallas, I guess you can't hear. The road is not owned by the airport. You can't see the ground in the plane, btw. Nice way to pass blame away from the truly at fault. You weren't the driver of the SUV, were you? The driver should have seen the plane. Should a train stop if someone runs on to the tracks? I know I would look if I was crossing a runway.
]]>By: Al Muscianesehttp://www.inquisitr.com/387789/plane-hits-suv-video-roanoke-texas-2012/#comment-374938
Mon, 05 Nov 2012 23:47:26 +0000http://www.inquisitr.com/?p=387789#comment-374938I don't like the idea of the pilot quitting. it was an accident, and not his fault in any way. but it is a traumatic event, certainly needs to see a shrink for this PTS. yes would a person quit driving because they or a loved one got into a bad wreck, no we would think that nuts. I almost had a very similar accident like this guy during my flight training, a bunch of kids ran onto the runway. just missed them, and I like to think had I chopped them up in the prop, I would have had NO sad feeling for them, they did it on purpose and would have deserved it.

funny though, I'll admit I have never did any special dives off a board into a swimming pool after a relatively minor accident where I was hurt.

]]>By: Tim Snyderhttp://www.inquisitr.com/387789/plane-hits-suv-video-roanoke-texas-2012/#comment-374939
Mon, 05 Nov 2012 23:45:56 +0000http://www.inquisitr.com/?p=387789#comment-374939But an alert pilot should have done a go around. It was the pilots decision to continue.
]]>By: Al Muscianesehttp://www.inquisitr.com/387789/plane-hits-suv-video-roanoke-texas-2012/#comment-374926
Mon, 05 Nov 2012 23:39:28 +0000http://www.inquisitr.com/?p=387789#comment-374926obviously you dont know that to put up a stop sign, is the local gov't responsability, and to do so, takes hearings, investigations, & studies. you CAN NOT just put up a sign. if the paint job was not done by the local gov't or state DOT (and if it was, it was fully legal req't for them to stop. alot of citys have them on streets), it prob was the airport or concerned pilots trying to make things safer for all.
]]>By: Larry Leashttp://www.inquisitr.com/387789/plane-hits-suv-video-roanoke-texas-2012/#comment-374836
Mon, 05 Nov 2012 22:29:05 +0000http://www.inquisitr.com/?p=387789#comment-374836the suv probably deserved it.
]]>By: Anonymoushttp://www.inquisitr.com/387789/plane-hits-suv-video-roanoke-texas-2012/#comment-374663
Mon, 05 Nov 2012 20:27:31 +0000http://www.inquisitr.com/?p=387789#comment-374663Just reading all the responses and what most people who are not pilots don't understand is that you can't see that SUV where it is so there is NO! time to pull and go around because he did not see him! You asume he could see him because you only drive cars and are on the same level as the other vehicles around you! He was in the air and there is no glass floors or doors so he could see below him! He could only see the runway ahead of him. and he was only seconds from touchdown. If he had been further out then he might have seen him but he was not. Plane (pun intended) and simple this was the airports and SUVs fault. In no way was this the pilots fault.
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Mon, 05 Nov 2012 20:21:30 +0000http://www.inquisitr.com/?p=387789#comment-374643I blame all three. the airport for having a road right in front. make the road a tunnel. have a erected stop sign. suv should look before crossing. pilot had plenty of time to avoid–pull up or turn. accidents are caused by being stupid.
]]>By: Steve Kugelmannhttp://www.inquisitr.com/387789/plane-hits-suv-video-roanoke-texas-2012/#comment-374630
Mon, 05 Nov 2012 20:13:07 +0000http://www.inquisitr.com/?p=387789#comment-374630What do you expect? There are 1000's of signs and markings on our highways and interstates, nobody pays any attention to them. People get your head out of your ass, you'.
re not special and the laws do apply to you. You are not the only one on the road!
]]>By: GF Joehttp://www.inquisitr.com/387789/plane-hits-suv-video-roanoke-texas-2012/#comment-374629
Mon, 05 Nov 2012 20:13:01 +0000http://www.inquisitr.com/?p=387789#comment-374629So pilot quits flying? coward. Car driver and pilot share in fault! and airport facilities needed more warning signs. This story is anti flying. Thousands die of car accidents more than flying. Hey student Pilot did you ever quit driving a car when you got into car bumper accident?
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Mon, 05 Nov 2012 20:11:40 +0000http://www.inquisitr.com/?p=387789#comment-374624So pilot quits flying? coward. Car driver and pilot share in fault! and airport facilities needed more warning signs. This story is anti flying. Thousans dies of car accidents more than flying.
]]>By: Zack Saavedrahttp://www.inquisitr.com/387789/plane-hits-suv-video-roanoke-texas-2012/#comment-374606
Mon, 05 Nov 2012 19:59:20 +0000http://www.inquisitr.com/?p=387789#comment-374606Saying he's going to drop his flying career just because he clipped an SUV is a huge over-reaction and really pathetic. It's not like the plane burst into flames and you broke your back and became a paraplegic. That was a minor accident compared to what could have happened, like those guys whose plane lost altitude and crashed into the forest. THAT is when you should reconsider taking a break from flying. But not something as harmless as this. What a coward that pilot is. Or should I say former pilot.
]]>By: Phil Magilhttp://www.inquisitr.com/387789/plane-hits-suv-video-roanoke-texas-2012/#comment-374593
Mon, 05 Nov 2012 19:55:45 +0000http://www.inquisitr.com/?p=387789#comment-374593It's the right beer now!
]]>By: Robert A. Diazhttp://www.inquisitr.com/387789/plane-hits-suv-video-roanoke-texas-2012/#comment-386351
Mon, 05 Nov 2012 19:51:05 +0000http://www.inquisitr.com/?p=387789#comment-386351Private road, private airport. Anyone coming on the property assumes the risk and liability thereof. Car drivers are too comfortable with believing themselves absolutely immune from harm or consequence, especially when they drive like they're in their ow living rooms. The world doesn't revolve around car drivers, in spite of their vast numbers.
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